When my family and I were in Paris in the Spring of 1992, my 5-year-old daughter wanted to ride every Carousal in Paris again and again. It seemed like every corner of Paris had one. We know as a Carousal moves, it will eventually arrive at the departure point again and again, but excitement in her heart guided her to the eternal bliss where time and space cease to exist. How so? Maybe her heart was filled with magic and mystery, leaving no room for mere fact and logic. Now, she is 37 years old. Her heart still has no room for mere fact and logic.

“Carousel” was painted in NYC’s East Village in 1986 after a year-long painting trip from NY to Yucatan, Mexico via Montreal, Canada and back to NY. The concept of Nietzsche's eternal return started the work. Somehow 40 years later, the animated version of the work returned with a smile.

[Chae Tongyull] With a color palette as rich as his life story, the works of Chae Tongyull are steeped in literary symbolism and rooted in a deep appreciation for romantic adventure. Born in Busan amidst the Korean War of the 1950s, Chae has traveled the world, eventually seeking his fame and fortune within the U.S. In his twenties, he was the founder of the “Idists” movement, an expressionist group based out of New Orleans. Later, he would move to New York City to become one of the only Asian (and only Korean artists) within the East Village art scene of the 1980s, where he was a contemporary of legends such as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Since 1993, he has traveled and painted extensively within the Himalayas, exploring remote regions in China, Tibet, Nepal, and India. His works gain inspiration from a diverse range of classic artistic and literary traditions: the prose of Shakespeare, mysterious legends from Korean folklore, the eccentric brushstrokes of Chinese Calligraphy master Pa-Ta-Shan-Jen, Buddhist philosophy, and much more. Because of their rich texture and unique subject matter, his art has been praised and collected for its value in straddling both American and South Korean cultural identities, as well as various places in between. He has participated in various international exhibitions including within the Bronfman Center in Montreal, Saatchi & Saatchi in NYC, And the Beat Goes On in Shanghai and Chengdu, and are part of permanent collections within the Korean National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Samsung Lium Art Museum, Daelim Art Museum, and Daejeon Expo.

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